(Credit score: Richard Thomas)
Michter’s Distillery shall be releasing its Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Bitter Mash Whiskey and Bomberger’s Declaration Kentucky Straight Bourbon this July. Classic dated with the 12 months of the bottling, these distinctive whiskeys comprise two-thirds of the Michter’s Legacy Sequence, to which a 3rd whiskey, Bomberger’s PFG™ (Precision Wonderful Grain), was added this 12 months.
“Our Michter’s manufacturing staff places quite a lot of thought and numerous effort into making our Legacy Sequence releases particular,” commented Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco.
In 1753, Swiss Mennonite farmer John Shenk based Shenk’s distillery in Pennsylvania. This distillery was later renamed Bomberger’s Distillery within the 1800s earlier than its title modified once more to Michter’s Distillery within the mid-Twentieth Century. It’s this heritage that the Michter’s Legacy Sequence honors.
“I actually benefit from the daring and lingering baking spice notes within the 2025 Shenk’s launch. A few of it was completed in French oak toasted, however not charred barrels crafted from wooden grown within the Vosges forest, and this helped to intensify the character of the rye on this whiskey,” noticed Michter’s Grasp Distiller Dan McKee.
As within the case of Shenk’s, wooden science and maturation are key to the character of Bomberger’s Declaration. Michter’s Grasp of Maturation Andrea Wilson commented, “I’m so proud of the consequence. As soon as once more Chinquapin barrels have contributed to the hallmark taste of Bomberger’s Declaration. For this 12 months’s launch we used a spectrum of various barrels constructed from wooden naturally seasoned open air in various instances from 18 months to three years to 4 years to five years thus altering the chemistry of the oak’s contributions throughout growing older. The result’s a daring and multi-dimensional expertise to savor and revel in.”
Shenk’s is 91.2 proof (45.6% ABV) and has a U.S. advised retail worth of $110. Bomberger’s Declaration is 108 proof (54% ABV) and has a U.S. advised retail worth of $120.
